Papers by Emanuele Miranda
Poster presentato in occasione del XLI Convegno della Società Italiana di Glottologia, sezione "G... more Poster presentato in occasione del XLI Convegno della Società Italiana di Glottologia, sezione "Giovani Ricercatori" (Università per Stranieri di Perugia, 1-3 dicembre 2016).
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Journal of Modern Education Review, ISSN 2155-7993, USA, 2018
We aim to investigate characteristics and complexities of ancient Greek chromatic lexicon in the ... more We aim to investigate characteristics and complexities of ancient Greek chromatic lexicon in the wake of the discussion triggered by the well-known theory formulated by B. Berlin and P. Kay in 1969 (eleven universal basic colour terms appear according to an evolutionist-implicational sequence articulated in 7 stages), thus further understanding, from a neo-relativistic perspective, specific ways of conceptualizing and verbalizing colour in Greek culture. This investigation is carried out through the analysis of a corpus particularly representative: Aristophanes' comedies. For various terms and epithets new and original explanations and translations are presented with respect to tradition, stressing the importance of socio-cultural factors (e.g., technology of production of purple), and also using modern anthropological comparisons (e.g., Hanunóo system from the Philippines) or concepts of Cognitive Linguistics, such as "prototype". We will see how this type of approach allows to solve some secular "aporias" related to the subject, and how the universalist hypothesis of the two American scholars as well as the notion of basic color term, neglecting important connotative, diachronic and cultural aspects, are inadequate to describe, understand and interpret ancient Greek chromonymy, both for the richness and structural complexity of the latter and for its peculiar diachronic development.
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Mutamento linguistico e biodiversità (=Atti del XLI Convegno della Società Italiana di Glottologia, Perugia, 1-3 dicembre 2016), Il Calamo., 2018
Approfondiamo in ottica relativista il lessico dei colori greco antico, nel solco del dibattito i... more Approfondiamo in ottica relativista il lessico dei colori greco antico, nel solco del dibattito innescato dalla teoria di Berlin e Kay. Per vari termini si prospettano interpretazioni e traduzioni originali, ricorrendo a comparazioni antropologiche moderne e a concetti della linguistica cognitiva. L’ipotesi universalista si rivela inadeguata, in sincronia come in diacronia, a descrivere la cromonimia greca.
We explore the ancient Greek color lexicon from a relativist perspective, in the wake of the debate triggered by Berlin-Kay theory. Original interpretations and translations are proposed for various terms, using modern anthropological comparisons and cognitive linguistic concepts. Universalist hypothesis reveals itself inadequate in describing this chromonymy both in synchrony and diachrony.
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DISSERTATIONS by Emanuele Miranda
Ph.D. dissertation (Dottorato di ricerca in "Filologia romanza e Linguistica generale", Universit... more Ph.D. dissertation (Dottorato di ricerca in "Filologia romanza e Linguistica generale", Università degli Studi di Perugia, settore L-LIN/01).
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Conference presentations by Emanuele Miranda
Colore e Colorimetria Contributi Multidisciplinari (Atti della XIII Conferenza Nazionale del Colore, Napoli, 4-5 settembre 20017), Maggioli Editore., 2017
Approfondiamo in ottica relativista il lessico dei colori greco antico, nel solco del dibattito i... more Approfondiamo in ottica relativista il lessico dei colori greco antico, nel solco del dibattito innescato dalla teoria di Berlin e Kay. Per vari termini si prospettano interpretazioni e traduzioni originali, ricorrendo a comparazioni antropologiche moderne e a concetti della linguistica cognitiva. L’ipotesi universalista si rivela inadeguata, in sincronia come in diacronia, a descrivere la cromonimia greca.
We explore the ancient Greek color lexicon from a relativist perspective, in the wake of the debate triggered by Berlin-Kay theory. Original interpretations and translations are proposed for various terms, using modern anthropological comparisons and cognitive linguistic concepts. Universalist hypothesis reveals itself inadequate in describing this chromonymy both in synchrony and diachrony.
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We explore the ancient Greek color lexicon from a relativist perspective, in the wake of the debate triggered by Berlin-Kay theory. Original interpretations and translations are proposed for various terms, using modern anthropological comparisons and cognitive linguistic concepts. Universalist hypothesis reveals itself inadequate in describing this chromonymy both in synchrony and diachrony.
DISSERTATIONS by Emanuele Miranda
Conference presentations by Emanuele Miranda
We explore the ancient Greek color lexicon from a relativist perspective, in the wake of the debate triggered by Berlin-Kay theory. Original interpretations and translations are proposed for various terms, using modern anthropological comparisons and cognitive linguistic concepts. Universalist hypothesis reveals itself inadequate in describing this chromonymy both in synchrony and diachrony.
We explore the ancient Greek color lexicon from a relativist perspective, in the wake of the debate triggered by Berlin-Kay theory. Original interpretations and translations are proposed for various terms, using modern anthropological comparisons and cognitive linguistic concepts. Universalist hypothesis reveals itself inadequate in describing this chromonymy both in synchrony and diachrony.
We explore the ancient Greek color lexicon from a relativist perspective, in the wake of the debate triggered by Berlin-Kay theory. Original interpretations and translations are proposed for various terms, using modern anthropological comparisons and cognitive linguistic concepts. Universalist hypothesis reveals itself inadequate in describing this chromonymy both in synchrony and diachrony.